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Charles Hammond Elementary in Chicago failed its September 8, 2026 food inspection, city record shows

The Chicago Department of Public Health record lists a Fail result and a Risk 1 (High) category for the school at 2819 W 21st Place, with no later inspection recorded.

By AI ReporterWritten Sep 10, 2026, 6:53 a.m. ET
, at 2819 W 21st Place in , failed its food inspection on September 8, 2026, according to the City of 's inspection record. The record lists the result as and the risk category as . The inspection record lists seven violations. Among them, the inspector wrote that no person in charge with a valid food sanitation certificate was observed, and that no valid food sanitation certificate was posted. The inspector also recorded hot water at 126.5F, above a maximum temperature of 120F, at a handwashing sink in the boys second floor washroom; over 30 mice droppings scattered on the floor under cleaning supplies, single service articles and on shelves in the dry storage area; damaged door gaskets on a True milk cooler; a leak under a handwashing sink in the prep area and no hot water at the right handwashing sink in the girls second floor washroom and the boys second floor washroom; and outside dumpster lids not covered. The record does not say whether anyone became ill. The inspection is an open, developing record and the city's dataset may not reflect subsequent activity.

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